Tyrone beaten by Cork in All Ireland Football Semi final – Score: Cork 1-13 v Tyrone 0-11

All Ireland champions Tyrone were beaten by a valiant 14 man Cork team in the GAA All Ireland Football semifinal at Croke Park today.

The All Ireland champions were outclassed by a Cork team that dominated throughout the field and at times in the second half looked as if it were they who had an extra man. Cork were reduced to 14 men late in the first half following a second yellow card for midfielder Alan O’Connor as a result of a perfectly executed dive by Tyrone’s Eoin Mulligan deep in the Cork half of the field.

Cork led by five points at half time after a brilliant first-half performance in which Daniel Goulding found the net after 8 minutes. Cork never looked back and led by 8 points at the 21 minute mark with 7 players scoring.

Despite the numerical advantage in the second half, Tyrone never closed the gap to less than 4 points.

Cork v kerry – the sequel

The replay of last week’s dramatic cork v kerry game takes place in Croke Park today at 2pm.
The game sees the neighbouring munster counties battle it out for a place in this year’s GAA All Ireland Chapmionship final on September 21st 2008.

Kerry will be without Darragh O’Shea who was sent off in last week’s encounter but the Cork star Donncha O’Connor is free to play following a ruling during the week that his red card in last week’s game was un-warranted.

If you are on an Ireland vacation right now and are in the Dublin area, then we strongly recommend you head to Croke Park to savour the atmosphere at one of the classic Gaelic football battles.

Cork and Kerry draw in dramatic finale

Amid dramatic scenes in the semi final of the GAA Football Championship at Croke Park today, Cork converted an emphatic defeat into a draw in the final moments with goals from James Masters and John Hayes.

The final score was